Improvement in cigar-trimmers



s. SCHOYL FIELD.

Cigar Trimmers.

No. 140,847, PatentedJulyI5,1873.

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WITNESSES- AM. PHOTU-LITHOBRAPIi/C ca MX (osaanus's Pnacsss) UNITEDSTATES SOORATES SGHOLFIELD, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-TRIMMERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 140,847, dated July 15,1873; application filed October 26, 1872. a

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, SOGRATES Son OLFIELD,

of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of ,Rhode Island,have invented an Improved Machine for Trimming the Ends of Cigars, ofwhich the following is a specification:

The invention provides a machine simple in construction, and capable oftrimming off the tuck-ends of cigars with great rapidity.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a sectionalview illustrating certain parts.

A is the frame of the machine. B is a shaft, which may be operatedeither by means of a crank or a pulley. Upon the shaft B is placed thetwo disks 0 C, so cut out on their peripheries as to form a bucket, o,for the reception of a cigar. Upon the same shaft is also placed thecuttingdisk D, having its periphery hooked, as at d, in order .to engageproperly with the stationary cutter E, which may also be held upon theshaft B between the disks 0 and D. The disks 0 O D are adjnstablyfastened to the shaft B, so as to turn therewith, while the cutter E isloose upon the shaft, and held stationary by means of the arm 6, whichenters a slot, f, in the crossbar F. G is an inclined bed, upon whichthe cigars are to be first deposited with their pointed cndsagainst ornear the side piece 9. Upon the top of the two side pieces 9 g is placedthe cross-piece H, forming between it and the bed G a chamber orpassage, h, through which the cigars are to be made to pass either bythe force of gravity or by suitably applied pressure. An endless apronmay also be used to feed the cigars into the passage h, and thence intothe bucket 0. Upon the crosspiece H is fixed the curved guard I, whichserves to retain the cigar in the bucket 0 until a suitable point hasbeen reached for its discharge. Two or more projecting spurs, J, may bearranged to prevent the cigars from dropping into the bucket when it isbelow the plane of the inclined bed G, in which case there would begreat danger of catching two cigars in the bucket at a time. Theinclined surface of the cam K serves to force each cigar toward thecutting jaw or disk D in order that the cigars may all be made ofexactly the same length.

In operating the machine, the cigars are first placed upon the inclinedbed G, where they will roll down into the passage h. Now, if the shaft Bis turned in the proper direction the bucket 0 will, upon eachrevolution, take a cigar from the passage h and carry it against thestationary jaw E, thus cutting oi the end properly, the cam K serving toplace each cigar in its proper position before the outer end is caughtbetween the jaws D and E. As the cigar passes on beyond the end of theguard I it will drop from the bucket, and as the shaft B-continues torevolve the operation will be repeated until the cigars have all beendrawn from the passage h.

Instead of causing the shaft B to revolve continuously it may be made torock far enough for the bucket 0 to go back and catch a cigar, and bringit forward and discharge it at the end of the guard I, a single cigarbeing trimmed at each vibration; and instead of a single bucket, 0,formed upon the peripheries of the disks 0 0, any desirable number ofsuch buckets may be used, the cutting-disk D being correspondinglynotched. A grooved cylinder may also be used instead of the two disks(.1" O, and the stationary jaw or knife E, instead of being held uponthe shaft B between the disks (3 and D, may be attached to thecross-piece H or other portion of the frame of the machine.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the moving jaw D with thestationary jaw E, and oarrying'bucket 0, operating substantially asdescribed.

2. The cam K in combination with the jaws D and E, and bucket 0,operating substantially as described.

3. The passage h, or its equivalent, in combination with the jaws D andE, and bucket a, substantially as described.

4. The guard I in combination with the passage h, or its equivalent,jaws D and E, and bucket 0, operating substantially as described.

SOGRATES SOHOLFIELD.

Vitnesses ALBA R. ABBOTT, GEORGE H. ROGERS.

